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Which of these statements about airplane and rocket flight is true?A.Only one requires air molecules to generate lift.B.Only one requires both fuel and an oxidizer for the combustion reaction.C.Only one must overcome the force of gravity.D.Only one requires combustion reactions to generate thrust.

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Which of these statements about airplane and rocket flight is true?A.Only one requires air molecules to generate lift.B.Only one requires both fuel and an oxidizer for the combustion reaction.C.Only one must overcome the force of gravity.D.Only one requires combustion reactions to generate thrust.

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The correct statement is B. Only one requires both fuel and an oxidizer for the combustion reaction. This is true for rockets. Rockets carry both fuel and an oxidizer because there are no air molecules in space to support combustion. On the other hand, airplanes only carry fuel because they can use the oxygen in the atmosphere as an oxidizer.

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